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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Stop using gitlab.com for projects - Credit card info required for new registrations (lemmy.ml)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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If your IP (and possible your browser) looks "suspicious" or has been used by other users before, you need to add additional information for registration on gitlab.com, which includes your mobile phone number and possibly credit card information. Since it is not possible to contribute or even report issues on open source projects without doing so, I do not think any open source project should use this service until they change that.

Screenshot: https://removed/XsfcfHf/gitlab.png

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[–] mvirts 22 points 9 months ago (2 children)

No worries, gitlab is a trash Ruby on rails app anyway 😹

JK I do love gitlab, sad to see the corporate takeover. What features dont you get with the foss version? Can't figure it out amongst the marketing cruft. Seems like it would be relatively easy to build another hosted gitlab provider.

So why does gulab need to kyc anyway? And if it's a legal requirement, won't GitHub do the same?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Is KYC a thing outside finance?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

It will be if digital ID rolls out with CBDCs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

This isn't KYC, it's "prove you're a human".

[–] mvirts 1 points 8 months ago

I guess gitlab is just the first to realize that captchas don't cut it anymore